RANTS!

[Jester]

Yes, I know I'm a heretic and am going to hell.

I'll see you there. I'll be tending bar.

[blas]

I'm buried in snow and it's been so cold that my fingers are chapped and have even bled

When it only snows an inch or two, every plow and sand truck in the city is on the job, but when we get a 2 day blizzard, you don't even see a single plow until the whole damn thing is over and they do the whole thing at once.....half assed and so bad that days after the storm, there are still slick and icy spots on roads that shouldn't be.

[ArcticChicken]

3. My water (while amazingly hot) does not stay hot long enough for me to fill the bathtub.... resulting in luke-warm baths. NOT okay.

Boil some water on the stove, add it to the bathwater until you like the temperature.

December birthdays suck eggs.

My sister's birthay is the 23rd, we always celebrated her 1/2 birthday for just that reason. Which lead to the problem that her friends were often out of town, but nobody got her a combined birthday/christmas present, unless the spent their entire combined budget on it.

[taxguykarl]

Boil some water on the stove, add it to the bathwater until you like the temperature.

When Mrs. TGK wanted a bath in our old apartment, that's what I had to do.

[blas]

I just have to brag here....

I absolutely hate having a winter birthday, but I'm glad mine is just about a month after Christmas, because people can't squeak by by only getting me one present. Neiner neiner neiner....

[BookstoreEscapee]

My birthday's the beginning of October...though it kicks off the birthday/holiday season

October 1 = me
October 14 = mom
October 23 = friend
November 4 = another friend
November 17 = dad
thanksgiving
christmas

(my brother's the odd man out in March)

Basically, any money I get for my birthday ends up buying my mom's present

[derangedperson]

You know what really grinds my gears?

*People who blame video games for "corrupting our youth." Listen, you fucking puritans: Video games don't make kids monsters. Shitty parenting does.

*The Black Eyed Peas. Everything they've released, except for Let's Get It Started, is annoying garbage.

*Twilight. I hate to beat a dead horse, but VAMPIRES DO NOT SPARKLE. I weep for the future of vampires because of this series.

*The gigantic New England Patriots circle jerk that was the 2007 NFL season.

*The Smashing Pumpkins. The band never recorded ANYTHING good after Siamese Dream. MC&TIS is a bloated, overrated, pretentious piece of shit, Adore is just taking up space, Machina is boring as hell, and Zeitgeist...well, it's Zeitgeist.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

*The gigantic New England Patriots circle jerk that was the 2007 NFL season.

Bet you're really happy about this year, huh? There's two teams that have a chance to run the table.

As for 2007, I still it should've been the Packers knocking the Patriots off their pedestal. I will continue to do so until the day I die.

[derangedperson]

Bet you're really happy about this year, huh? There's two teams that have a chance to run the table.

As for 2007, I still it should've been the Packers knocking the Patriots off their pedestal. I will continue to do so until the day I die.

I don't know, Irv. I think if Green Bay went to that Super Bowl, New England would've handed them their asses on a silver platter.

[Jester]

The Counting Crows. I have no idea why everyone and their brother is so enamored with this band. The musicians aren't that great, but they rock compared to the lead singer, who can't sing. His voice grates on my nerves in ways more annoying than even Fran Drescher's voice. Someone please explain to me why such a talentless group of hacks has been around so long and gathered such a following. Puke.

[Misanthropical]

I just have to brag here....

I absolutely hate having a winter birthday, but I'm glad mine is just about a month after Christmas, because people can't squeak by by only getting me one present. Neiner neiner neiner....

Don't be so sure! My husband's birthday is January 20th and he still had relatives giving him cheap combination gifts.

We agreed when we started dating that combination gifts were never to be done unless the gift is one kickin' gift, if it is than it is okay to do the one gift for both thing.

[Plaidman]

We agreed when we started dating that combination gifts were never to be done unless the gift is one kickin' gift, if it is than it is okay to do the one gift for both thing.

Like Black Pearsl ?


My rant? Today I went to store with mom. She was looking for valcum bags, and asked the clerk, who was trying to think.

I tried to help by being stupid and saying they'll likely be with the valcums.


Did. That. Ever. Set. Mom. Off. After the clerk left, mom ranted and raved at me about how I was treating her like she was stupid, how she never should have had me, that she does all these favors of me and I had to act to the clerk "Oh here's my mom she so stupid she can't think where the bags are".

She gave me the longest silent ride home with the radio blaring, telling me it was a wasted trip as she couldn't get anything for herself only for her client.

I really, really tried to convince her it was never my intent to insult her.

She told me that it was very condscening of me, and that's why she left my father and she sure as hell won't take it from me ever again.

[Misanthropical]

Plaidman, yes, like beautiful black pearls

I hope you don't mind me saying something about your mom here, but she needs to stop thinking you and your dad are one in the same. She can not act like you are your father, since you are not and it's unfair of her to try to compare the two of you like that. BIG HUG FOR YOU!

My pet peeve right now is my daughter breaking up with her boyfriend and then getting back together with him. He is a very nice boy and would never hurt her, so I have no idea what the deal is or where they stand from day to day. She is giving me a headache and she needs to stop acting like I did at that age. I mean, I never!

[Jester]

Plaid, your mom was way out of line for several reasons.

1. "With the vacuums" is a very logical, rational place for vacuum bags to be!

2. You were trying to help.

3. She "never should have had you" and you are "just like your father" is so much of an overreaction to what you said that she really needs a liberal dosing of DTOM (duct tape over mouth).

Latest rant (football edition): JaMarcus Russell. He stinks. He stinks out loud. Cockroaches are looking down their noses with disgust at this fucker. Seriously. The Raiders entire season was pretty much on display in one game. First half: Gradkowski plays, leading the team in a close contest against the not-very-good Redskins. Near the end of the first half, Gradkowski gets injured, and they bring in JaMoron. And the not-very-good Redskins go about blowing the Raiders out of the water, running up the score in the second half while sacking JaMoron six times. That's six times in the second half alone. It's not just that JaMoron sucks. It's that he sucks and his attitude sucks. He obviously doesn't give a shit about being there, playing, or leading the team. He's just happy to have cashed in and gotten paid. Biggest Raider draft bust EVER.

Bonus football rant: So my Raiders suck. Fine. At least the team from my home town, the Cardinals, are doing well and giving me something to root for, at least partly, though I can't get behind them as passionately as I do MY teams. So, all they have to do to clinch their division is beat the not-very-good 49ers tonight. So, what do they do? One of the best offenses in football goes and lays an egg, turning the ball over seven times. Seven turnovers? Really? Really?

I can't wait for football season to be over so I can watch my Phoenix Suns, and have them break my heart. Again.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

Heh heh...just for you Jester.

Yeah, JaMarcus looks like another Al Davis bust draft pick. Al Davis is bad, but he'll die.